[Foss4g2013] [Board] [OSGeo-Discuss] Free Developer Slots at FOSS4G events

[Donald Kerr]

Something for the future then.

There must be a lot of developers who would benefit from attending but
cannot afford to do so. In my opinion, those that do not make a living from
the industry but do make a serious contribution should be catered for.

Regards,

Donald



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[mailto:foss4g2013-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
Sent: 09 March 2013 10:05
To: Paolo Cavallini
Cc: foss4g2013 at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org Discussions;
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Subject: Re: [Foss4g2013] [Board] [OSGeo-Discuss] Free Developer Slots at
FOSS4G events

Paolo,
As a past FOSS4G organisor, I'd like to echo the logic of Steven Feldman and
the rest of the FOSS4G 2013 committee.

The time to discuss give-aways for foss4g 2013 was when the budget was being
discussed, because if you give some people a free pass, you need to charge
others more. This time has passed.

If you wish to influence the direction of future foss4g events, probably the
best way to do so is get involved in the organising of the conference, or
maybe help write a foss4g-cookbook (which has been discussed for a while,
but is yet to materialise).

Personally, I think Bruce Bannerman described well the challenges of
providing a fair funding policy which everyone is happy with, and which will
attract attendees. (Paolo, your ideals are worthy, but practical
implementation is a mind field of dissatisfied attendees).


On 9/03/2013 6:07 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
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> Il 08/03/2013 16:16, Steven Feldman ha scritto:
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>> I've been following the conversation that was prompted by Paolo's 
>> comment about FOSS4G pricing We are trying to balance the need to 
>> have an economically viable conference that covers costs and returns 
>> funds to OSGeo (which is what we were asked to do) with making the 
>> event as affordable and accessible as possible. We consulted with the 
>> OSGeo Board on how to balance these objectives before finalising our 
>> prices.
> Hi all.
> We have shown that admitting for free a limited number of top 
> developers from OSGeo core projects, that could not otherwise attend, 
> will not be a cost to the conference, but an opportunity. The attitude 
> shown confirms the widespread feeling of a modest attention to 
> developers, and of the primary aim of FOSS4G as a moneymaking machine.
> To me, developers are really the blood and nerves of free software, 
> and should be cared of.
> This closure to a reasonable proposal does not shed a bight light on 
> OSGeo, too.
> All the best.
> - --
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